PHE 20 ga. number made by Parker Brothers

[Brush Buster]

Hello Thomas , Congrats on finding a Great Gun for your first Parker ! The Double Gun Journal sells " The Parker Story " " TPS " as what they call " Blems " for a big discount ,and the folks that have bought them say you can not tell what makes them " Blems " they are that nice ! It is a Two Volume set and worth at least twice what it costs and is a very much needed series for the Parker collector ! One wrong purchase can cost you a bundle ,just ask anyone who has been fooling with these old Parker Guns for any length of time and with that said ,they are so interesting ,there is hardly a day goes by ,I don't look something up in mine and I have owned them for years ! Welcome aboard and enjoy that new gun ! Best ; Russ

[Bill Murphy]

Thomas, I assume you meant "1400 in all gauges", not "1400 in all grades". The P Grade steel barrel guns are the hardest to pin down for production numbers because there are no order books available for research and many of the stock books of the era are missing. The figures for P grade steels guns in The Parker Story are a wild guess at best. The totals are "extrapolated" as the authors describe them. We don't know what the total of actually identified guns is, but it isn't as high as the extrapolated total in the book. It may be way higher if the estimate was not on the mark. Too bad, all we know is that steel barrel P grades are a bit scarce, especially the 20, and of course, the 10.

[Thomas K. Tillman]

Thanks, Bill yes your are right-total in all grades is 1400 units. See above threads from the Brush Buster regards Tom

[Bill Murphy]

Thomas, there are thousands more steel barrel 20 gauges in "all grades" than the 1400 you mention. Maybe you could be a bit more specific in your comment about "1400".